Luke Winskowski, former head of Thrivent’s advice and wealth management division, has joined 49 Financial as president. The Austin-based RIA with just under $1 billion in client assets was the first outside firm to join Thrivent Advisor Network.

It was a slow week for deals in the RIA space but MAI didn’t miss a beat and Wealth Enhancement Group reinforced its position as 2023’s most active buyer.

Will Armenta co-founded the "alts-for-advisors" platform with Joe Lonsdale, and advises Lonsdale's $6 billion venture capital fund. He'll be a managing director at Duran's Rise Growth Partners.

Despite the proliferation of minority buyers in the RIA marketplace, the number of deals has declined over the last couple years.

Prospera Generational Wealth leverages internal and outsourced talent to offer the firm's wealthiest families a broader range of services.

WPCG and HGGC have partnered up again, this time in Dallas, to support an inorganic growth strategy at a well-positioned RIA.

Allworth has acquired Tridea Advisors, a local RIA with $341 million in assets, and Capital Point Financial Group, a Glenview, Ill.- and Sarasota, Fla.-based firm with $280 million in assets.

Also this week, DSJ has created a new RIA, Buckingham picked up a Detroit firm, Atria poached an Osaic team with $420 million, and St. Louis-based Krilogy announced three acquisitions in 2023.

Featured in Pt. 1 of this week’s roundup: Rockefeller Global Family Office, MAI Capital Management, The AmeriFlex Group and Private Advisor Group.

Captrust completed nine deals last year; four of them were in the Lone Star State.